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1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Patience, Bingers. It will hit the tonne. As sure as the Mighty Dees are Premiers, we’ll hit the tonne. 

The tonne is a metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. It is also referred to as a metric ton. It is equivalent to approximately 2,204.6 pounds; 1.102 short tons, and 0.984 long tons. The official SI unit is the megagram, a less common way to express the same mass.

Surely you mean a ton - as in 100 runs -> cricket

Care to adjudicate?

 @Demonstone 😇

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    6 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

    The tonne is a metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. It is also referred to as a metric ton. It is equivalent to approximately 2,204.6 pounds; 1.102 short tons, and 0.984 long tons. The official SI unit is the megagram, a less common way to express the same mass.

    Surely you mean a ton - as in 100 runs -> cricket

    Care to adjudicate?

     @Demonstone 😇

    Isn’t it so that ton and tonne are the same thing, just as program and programme are the same?

    Let’ hope @Demonstonecan settle this. 🙂

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    One ton is roughly equivalent to 2200 pounds or 1000 kg’s. To put this into perspective, the average adult male weighs about 90 kg’s. It would take 11 adult men to equal a ton.

    For those wondering about other things that weigh one ton I’ve provided a list below

    • Baby Humpback Whale
    • Walrus
    • Black Rhinoceros
    • Wild Asian Water Buffalo
    • 1979 Volkswagen Beetle
    • 110.6 million feathers
    • 333 Standard Red Bricks
    • 73 Bullion bars of gold
    • 31.2 cubic feet of saltwater
    • Adult Male Moose
    • Saltwater Crocodile
    • 22 cubic feet of sand
    • Great White Shark

    Your welcome

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    24 minutes ago, BDA said:

    One ton is roughly equivalent to 2200 pounds or 1000 kg’s. To put this into perspective, the average adult male weighs about 90 kg’s. It would take 11 adult men to equal a ton.

    For those wondering about other things that weigh one ton I’ve provided a list below

    • Baby Humpback Whale
    • Walrus
    • Black Rhinoceros
    • Wild Asian Water Buffalo
    • 1979 Volkswagen Beetle
    • 110.6 million feathers
    • 333 Standard Red Bricks
    • 73 Bullion bars of gold
    • 31.2 cubic feet of saltwater
    • Adult Male Moose
    • Saltwater Crocodile
    • 22 cubic feet of sand
    • Great White Shark

    Your welcome

    I think you mean 'you're welcome' !!  

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    1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Isn’t it so that ton and tonne are the same thing, just as program and programme are the same?

    Let’ hope @Demonstonecan settle this. 🙂

    programme was dead in common use in the '70s along with tommy steele.....still lingered on in the arty-farty world along with olde and such other anachronisms 😈

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    1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Isn’t it so that ton and tonne are the same thing, just as program and programme are the same?

    Let’ hope @Demonstonecan settle this. 🙂

    Tonne is the name for the metric unit. Ton was (is, in some very limited parts of the world) the imperial unit.

    It's not out of the question that "tonne" is used as a synonym by some fancy pants recalcitrant avoirdupoirists in the same way that "programme" became differentiated from "program". (Program was the original English spelling, then the first Jesus freaks went to America and took the spelling with them. Some time afterwards the English decided to Frankify their language with  fawncy spellings, such as "programme". For that touch of class. Same word, different spelling.)

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    On 9/25/2021 at 10:10 PM, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    This group is special.

    Bloody Special  They have with the coaches  etc. changed the outlook of our Club and really given us a chance to get back to where we were 57 years ago. One of the powerhouses of the AFL.

    Thank you every one Thank  you one and all. Let's make this a dynasty of a classic kind which we maintain for a decade or more. Top of the Heap!!! Go Dees you might Demons.

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    9 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    Tonne is the name for the metric unit. Ton was (is, in some very limited parts of the world) the imperial unit.

    It's not out of the question that "tonne" is used as a synonym by some fancy pants recalcitrant avoirdupoirists in the same way that "programme" became differentiated from "program". (Program was the original English spelling, then the first Jesus freaks went to America and took the spelling with them. Some time afterwards the English decided to Frankify their language with  fawncy spellings, such as "programme". For that touch of class. Same word, different spelling.)

    Okaaay. 
    Thanks (I think)????

    *looks up avoirdupoirists on dictionary.com*

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    11 hours ago, BDA said:

     

    You’re welcome

    You’re welcome! 😁

    Ahh, Bingers. You beat me to it!

    Edited by WalkingCivilWar

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    The usage of "ton" in this context most likely derived from the old measurement of tonnage in shipping, where a ton was taken to equal 100 cubic feet of general cargo space.

    Anything that reached 100 (e.g cricket score, vehicle speed, number of pages) became referred to as "hitting the ton".

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    Does Libba think it's his job to remonstrate every time a Melbourne player tackles a Dogs player? Is he the faux tough guy that has to push any opposition player that has fairly brought a teammate of his to the ground.

    Perhaps if he spent more time getting in to position and less time pushing and shoving he might have been more effective. 

    Jack just gets on with it he cops a wack and just gets up and plays on.

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    With the release of the new Matrix movie, I thought that making this analogy was apt.

    I've been thinking of the best way of describing our our comeback from the halfway point of the 3rd quarter over the last few months. This is close to the best way of doing so. That said, the Doggies are in no way the first team I'd compare to Agent Smith (the Hawks, Bombers or Eagles are worthy candidates). I do have a soft spot for them for sure.
     

    Like Neo, it was almost like when we re-realized that we WERE the best team in the league, nothing they could throw at us would land.

    Edited by Colin B. Flaubert

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    5 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    You’re welcome! 😁

    Ahh, Bingers. You beat me to it!

     

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    I can't remember if I've said on here before, but I'm gonna say it again, so glad someone thought to go with the jumper point during the many goal celebrations in the game. Such a classic but you can really only bring it out in big moments, otherwise it's cheapened. So to very legitimately do this in a GF and actually remember to do it among the chaos was great.

    https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.166%2C$multiply_0.9735%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_9%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/6d0fca26349b36f0b7a438603a9e4bfdb8081201

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    Just wondering aside from kayo I know there's the afl app but I found in the past I couldn't use the afl app on my big tv. Can you use it on android TVs? 

    I dont really want to give any of my hard earned to Murdoch.

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    52 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Just wondering aside from kayo I know there's the afl app but I found in the past I couldn't use the afl app on my big tv. Can you use it on android TVs? 

    I dont really want to give any of my hard earned to Murdoch.

    Your tv a smart tv? See what is available. AFL app on phone has replays. 

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    Watched the replay (again).  So many magic moments that BT simply misses.  There are so many small acts that add up to greatness.  15 goals to 1.  Unbelievable.

    mrs Nekkid sees me watching the replay : ‘are you winning?’… ‘not right now, but I have faith’ (bang, bang, bang, bang, etc)!!

    glorious!

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    DETECTIVE SERGEANT CHRISTIAN PETRACCA: in my deep cover disguise as a professional football player, I have secured an on-field position in a football team and have tracked the killer to Perth. I have reason to believe he could be here in --- wait ... THAT'S HIM!

    THAT BLOKE: Oh Christ. What's he doing here? Is he looking at me? Don't panic. Act natural. Cover the scars with your hands like you're just ... oh Christ. It's all on camera too. CURSE YOU, DETECTIVE SERGEANT CHRISTIAN PETRACCA!

    Edited by Mazer Rackham

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    I hope everyone has Fox Footy on right now. 

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